Resource Type: shellvar

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/shellvar.rb

Providers:

augeas

Overview

Manages variables in simple shell scripts.

Properties

• comment

  Text to be stored in a comment immediately above the entry. It will be automatically prepended with the name of the variable in order for the provider to know whether it controls the comment or not.

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  Create or remove the shellvar entry

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
  • unset
  • exported
• value

  Value to change the variable to.

Parameters

• array_append (defaults to: false)

  Whether to add to existing array values or replace all values.

  Supported values:

  • false
  • true
• array_type (defaults to: auto)

  Type of array mapping to use, defaults to ‘auto`.

  • ‘auto` will detect the current type, and default to `string`

  • ‘string` will render the array as a string and use space-separated values

  • ‘array` will render the array as a shell array

  Supported values:

  • auto
  • string
  • array
• name (namevar)

  The default namevar

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘shellvar` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

• quoted (defaults to: auto)

  Quoting method to use, defaults to ‘auto`.

  • ‘auto` will quote only if necessary, leaving existing quotes as-is

  • ‘double` and `single` will always quotes

  • ‘none` will remove quotes, which may result in save failures

  Supported values:

  • auto
  • double
  • single
  • none
  • false
  • true
• target (namevar)

  The file in which to store the variable.

• uncomment (defaults to: false)

  Whether to remove commented value when found.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• variable (namevar)

  The name of the variable, e.g. OPTIONS